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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

HeinOnline – iPad Style

One of things I read a lot of are law review articles.Call me old school, but I like the format I
became accustomed to in the days of dead trees – the page with the footnotes at
the bottom of each page.Westlaw, lexis,
html versions….well, they are just not the same.So, I often find myself pulling articles
through HeinOnline.For years I’ve done
this through the handy-dandy link provided on the law library’s home page
(thank you Boley library for such a wonderful list of links to the databases I
use most often!).One of the questions I’ve
taken to asking any law professor I come across that has an iPad is “what’s
your favorite work-related app”(and
lately I’ve been adding “and don’t tell me about goodreader or evernote”).One of those questions led me to the HeinOnline app and now I’m hooked!

The HeinOnline App authenticates my account for 30 days
when I log on to the app through lclark.edu servers. When 30 days is up, I just have to log in
again when I’m on campus.The interface
is very user friendly – more user friendly than the web-based version.And, when I have pulled an article that I
want to keep reading, or want to annotate for later reference, I can quickly
save it into my dropbox and pull it up in goodreader.If you are a HeinOnline user – I highly
recommend this app!

[Getting back on the blogging-horse (fell off there for
awhile – guess that’s what happens with a super-busy semester!). Sorry about that!]